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All of My Weird Shortcomings in One Place
Let me make you feel better about your life.
On the surface, I look like I have my life together. I can pose as a functional adult in most social settings. My biggest accomplishment in life is that in the 5,769 days that my child has been on this Earth, I have never once left her somewhere. No pet has been lost under my watch.
I see a lot of people carrying shame about their lives. There’s a lot of pressure to have some kind of weird flawless existence that no one really has. We look at other people’s lives with envy. We see posts on social media that make simple existences seem glamorous. We want to keep up. Let’s not do that, okay?
In the spirit of lifting each other up as humans, I thought I would throw some vulnerability out there to let you know that if you whatever makes you feel like you are not winning at life is just fine. No one is perfect. We all fail in the most fantastic ways.
None of my shortcomings are Earth shattering. No one is going to die because of them. They will not land me in jail. But they are so very real and instead of feeling bad about them, I figured I would let others feel better. Why? Because you have weird short comings, too.
